Purpose: the system is designed to engage front line aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and UAVs under direct visibility conditions and in the night time, head-on and tail chase, in background clutter and thermal countermeasures environment.

IGLA-S MANPADS is a new-generation system featuring considerably extended firing range and enhanced kill probability against aerial targets and possessing a new quality for this class of systems – high engagement effectiveness against small-size targets like cruise missiles and UAVs.

- enhanced kill probability against aerial targets and increased warhead lethality due to:- increased HE quantity (by 1.5 times as compared to IGLA system);- in-depth impact detonation of the missile warhead adjusting the rate of embedding to the approach speed;- proximity detonation of the missile warhead (in the event of mishit) with optimization of the detonation point;- detonation of the sustainer’s remaining solid propellant;- advanced missile accuracy characteristics.- extended firing range of up to 6.0 km as compared with 5.2 km for IGLA system due to missile improved aerodynamic characteristics;- night firing capability due to application of a night vision device holder and a light weight night vision device development.- easy installation on various platformsUnified modules are the base for:- formation of “air-air” guided weapon system;- formation of a mobile air defence missile system of high covertness;- combination with AD gun systems;- combination with medium and long range air defence systems;- formation of shipborne air defence systems.

IGLA-S system is a successor of IGLA missile system family outperforming them in effectiveness, reliability, service life and survivability and retaining their best merits:- shoulder firing by a single gunner;- “fire-and-forget” concept;- high resistance to background clutter and thermal countermeasures;- easy aiming and launching;- easy maintenance and training;- high covertness of use;- retained operability in extreme operational environment.

Company literature on the KBM IGLA-S MANPADS manpackable missile system doesn’t specify the size of the UAS/UAV systems it can engage, but the General Atomics (GA) Sky Warrior and MQ-9 Predator B/ReaperHellfire missile-armed UAS/UAVs, AAI Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) (including the RQ-7B Shadow tactical UAS), Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Navy Fire Scout unmanned helicopter system, and Aerovironment (AV) RQ-11 Raven B and Puma AE mini-UAV/UAS could all be vulnerable to the IGLA-S, and the IGLA-S is definitely a threat to low-flying, slow-moving U.S. manned aircraft like the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, propeller-driven fixed-wing aircraft like the Lockheed AC-130H Spectre and AC-13U Spooky gunships, the Northrop Grumman A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog” close air support (CAS)/ground attack jet aircraft, and the Boeing V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft.